words your grandparents used (money, quote, similar)

[Seagrape Grove]

Originally Posted by lindarby

Lol. Never heard that one. Heard oh my stars

of course.

"Oh, my stars".

"Oh, my goodness gracious".

"Lawdy, Miss Claudie". (I still say this sometimes just so my grandchildren can remember me saying something silly to them that they will never hear from anyone else.)

[swanstone1]

I have always used " Come hither child"

[Gerania]

That's very dear. When something was very expensive, it was dear.

[Tritone]

"over yonder"

"commode"

"Lesson" used to mean homework. "Did you take out your lesson?"

"fair to midlin'"

"flap jacks"

[Tritone]

"chit nor child"

[Tritone]

"old as Methuselah"

[Tritone]

"All and sundry"

[Tritone]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

The phrase, "uppity n****r" was once common in the south.

My grandparents said "siddity"

[Seagrape Grove]

"and so forth" instead of "et cetera". Actually, that's what it translates to ...... "and so forth".

[Seagrape Grove]

"Coke bottle glasses" - decades ago before lens implants replaced the natural lens that was removed because of cataracts, people wore very thick glasses post surgery so they could see again. These lenses were very thick and resembled the bottom of a coke bottle.

Not only is the term "coke bottle glasses" unknown to countless millions, so is Coke in a glass bottle.


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